Politics

• Monday, May 9th 2022 - 08:19 UTC

  New Hong Kong chief executive wins solo electoral race

  

  Chinese authorities Sunday confirmed the appointment of John Lee Ka-Chiu, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on the emerging democracy movement, has been voted as Hong Kong's new leader today, becoming the city's sixth chief executive (governor) since the return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Gulf Clan lashes back at Colombian society to defend their leader

  

  Around a dozen, vehicles were burned, and businesses and schools were closed as fear gripped ordinary Colombians in various parts of the country as they came across threatening pamphlets warning of an “armed strike” by the Gulf Clan in retaliation for Otoniel's extradition.

• Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Biden picks African-American woman as his new spokesperson

  

  US President Joseph Biden has picked Karine Jean-Pierre to pick up the baton as White House Spokeswoman later this month following Jen Psaki's departure.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 21:02 UTC

  Uruguayan president and wife to separate, local media reports

  

  The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, and his wife, Lorena Ponce de León, have decided to separate, according to several newspapers based on government sources and relatives of the presidential family.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 13:54 UTC

  Hamilton Mourão, vice-president of Brazil, arrived in Montevideo to meet with Uruguayan authorities

  

  The vice-president of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão, arrived on Thursday in Uruguay, where he will remain until Saturday on an official visit.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 11:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro to hire company to monitor elections

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday insisted on the questionable reliability of the country's electronic voting system and announced that his Liberal Party would retain the services of a company to monitor the October elections, as allowed “in the electoral legislation.”

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:57 UTC

  Cafiero outlines Argentine foreign policy priorities, trade, Malvinas and Mercosur

  

  The main challenge of Argentine foreign policy is to reinstall the necessary tools to recover the trade dynamics that enable the country to recover from the pandemic's economic downfall, plus making it attractive to foreign investors, said Foreign minister Santiago Cafiero summoned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  EU Ambassador to Uruguay on trade agreement with Mercosur: “It is something that European citizens are asking their governments for”

  

  The ambassador of the European Union (EU) in Uruguay, Paolo Berizzi, said he was “optimistic” about the agreement between the bloc he represents and Mercosur. After more than 20 years of negotiations, Berizzi said he believes that this year there will be progress for its entry into force.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

  Argentine gov't supports court ruling granting Bariloche lands to Mapuche group

  

  The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández supports a court ruling whereby lands in the province of Bariloche are to be handed over to Mapuche groups, Casa Rosada Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti announced.

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Sophisticated software impedes Russian looters from using Ukrainian farm equipment, CNN report

  

  Russian soldiers have reportedly looted some five million dollars worth of agricultural state-of-the-art equipment from Ukraine, but it is not clear whether they have been able to man it, given their sophisticated software system.